Werewolves | Paul Jessup

Werewolves
written by Paul Jessup
illustrated by Allyson Haller
pub:Chronicle Books


Werewolves is presented as an illustrated journal written by Alice Carr and started after she and her brother are attacked by a pack of wild dogs. Then the changes start. It's a slightly Blair Witchy premise in that the journal was found by hikers along with some of Alice's possesions but no sign of Alice was found.






The first thing you notice is how utterly gorgeous the simple illustrations are. Doodles of people, random colourful scribblings, the sorts of thing someone might well sketch in their journal. Seriously, how utterly beautiful are these!! The journal entries themselves have the right feel. Sometimes Alice is focussed, needing to record certain facts, sometimes more general distracted ramblings and Alice thinks things thorugh to herself.

They build up the story as well as giving us a sense of the main characters without losing the sense of personal scribblings. It's effective and nicely done, the art and writing complimenting each other beautifully to build an extremely enjoyable experience.

Alice struggles to separate fact from fiction as she tries to understand what she is becoming, she is also faced with trying to uncover who is telling the truth when the hunters tell her a different story from the one she gets from Thomas.

A quick read and a joy for werewolf fans, I shall revisit this one when I need quick fur and fangs fix.